Cloth-cleansing device.



PATENTE@ Nov. zo, 11906.v

' W. s. BAKER.

CLOTH CLBANSING DEVICE APPLICATION FILED JUNE 13,1906.

l lil INVENTOJ?.

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Speccation of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 20, i906.

Application iiled Juno 13, 1903. Eerial Nol.

To all w21/0m, t may concern/ l I Beit known that I, WALTER STANLEY BA'- KEB, residing at Concord, in the count of Merrimack and State of New Hamps ire, have invented certain Im rovements inV Cloth-Cleansing Devices, of wiiich the follow in is a specification.

his invention relates. to an article ci manufacture for cleaning fabrics, and has especial reference to a brush for cleaning clothing,

holdin the cleaning agent, preferably in a liquid Iorm, arranged so as to be fed down to the brush while the latter is being used, all of which I will proceed to describe and claim, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, 4which illustrate the invention, in which Figure l. is a side elevation of theimproved cleanin device. F ig. 2 is a section on line of t e previous figure. Figs. Sand 4 are respectively a to and side view of a follower detached from t e holdin -case Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the brus portion detached from the holding-case, and Fig. 6 is a section on line y y of Fig. 5.

In the drawings, A represents the device as a whole; and it consists of a tubular case a, preferably of metal, upon the upper part of which is screwed a cap-piece c, a screw-thread being formedon the end ofthe case to engage the screw upon the cap. I provide a ring e of some compressible material, such as rubber, to rest uponthe rib d, upon which the ed e. of the cap impinges to make a weten. tig tI joint.

Thecase 1, is divided into two chambers lc and 7n by the partition b, which I term a fol-v lower. The upper or disk part f projectsv slightly beyond the flange o and enters the per iirface is perforated by numerous holes g. he lupper chamber c serves Vas a receptacle or reservoir for a piece of cleaning-soap or for a liquid cleansing agent.

The brush portion 'ills the lower chamber m quite tightly, and it is made from a strip of hair-cloth or other suitable material having horse-hairs or other stifl" bristle-like flexible elements held loosely together by a warp of cotton or linen closely wound into a roll and then covered with a piece of cloth, preferably hairs or bristles projecting, as at p. A circular l cleansing agent, inthe case is held upside down, as it should be when not in use, none of the liquid will reach' the brush,land when the device is to be used it is turned right `side up and shaken, which causes the liquid to pass through the holes g. in the disk into and to saturate the brush, and eventiialliv it will trickle out at its open end, and' w en the brush is ap lied to the clothing to be cleansed the to-an fro motiong iven to the device causes more of the liqui to descend until the cleansing operation is finished.

I claim as my invention- 1. As an article of manufacture, a cleansing device consisting of a tubular case with a cap on one end a movable partition dividing the case into two chambers, a brush closely fittin into the lower chamber composed of stiff ristle-like material surrounded by a band or support.

2. As an article oi manufacture, a cleansing device consisting of a tubular case with a water-tight ca on one end, a perforated movable partition dividing the case into two chambers, a brush closely fitting) into the lower chamber composed of stii istie-like material held together by a ilexible band.

3. A cleansing device, consisting oi' a metal case awatentiglit cap screwed upon one end.v

of the case, a perforated movable partition dividin the case into two chambers one of which is adapted to hold a fluid cleansing a ent, a pad under the partition adapted to ailow the said iluid agent to percolate therethrou h slowly, and a brush in the second cham er composed of a roll of haii'-cloth held together by a flexible band.

4. A cleansing device, consistingof a metal case, a water-tight cap screwed upon one end 4of the case, a perforated movable partition within the case having a projecting cap engaging a score inside the case, dividing the case into two chambers'one of which is adapted to hold a fluid cleansing agent, a pad under ICO the pmtition adapted'LO-allow the Said Huid L Wo subscribing u fituesses, this 8th day of agentto pen-,01am therethroughslowly, and June, 1906.

s), brush in the second chamber composed of I y f x 1 v y f u roll 0f hur-0l0th held together by u fkxxible w AL I LR. *SPAN Lim BAKER' band. fitnessest K .y

n testuuony whereof l have sxgned my I LUCIA W.FR1-1EMAN, name to thxs spemhcatlm, m the 'presence 01' l L. N. FREEMAN. 

